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Art, music & theater at Tufts

Tufts graduates about 154 art, music & theater majors a year, 10% of its graduating class. That puts it 23rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $48,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year15410% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$48,0001.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$471Ka year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1450–1550whole school

Around Tufts

Ballroom dance in Somerville, Massachusetts, 2008.
Ballroom dance in Somerville, Massachusetts, 2008Photo: Liza · CC BY 2.0 · source
Tufts Team
Tufts Team (7945288002)Photo: ElizabethForMA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Eaton Hall, Tufts University
Eaton Hall, TuftsPhoto: Jellymuffin40 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Tail fragments of Jumbo, stored in the Tufts University archives.
Tail fragments of JumboPhoto: Z22 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fine Arts House, Granoff Music Center, Cohen Arts Center, Shirley and Alex Aidekman Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 22 · Dorm 12 · Chapel 3 · Athletics 3 · Arts 3 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Emory University 91
  2. Wellesley College 91
  3. Pomona College 91
  4. Syracuse University 90
  5. Harvard University 90
  6. Brandeis University 90
  7. Bowdoin College 90
  8. Grinnell College 90

Other strong majors at Tufts

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Tufts with every school we score in art, music & theater. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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